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that's what makes us strong. and the fact that they're out there, the fact that they are exercising tremendous bravery, tremendous currently and are willing to do everything they can to fight to protect this country, that is what makes america strong. that's what makes us strong. and i've often said, if others who were in leadership positions in this town could just look at the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to fight for what they think is right and just -- just take a little of that courage, a little of that bravery, to take the risks that are necessary to solve the problems in this country this country would truly be on the right path for the future. it's because of their example and their inspiration that i think this country is strong. for the civilian work force, i also want to pay tribute to all of you. you do everything you can to support our mission, you support our war fighters down range, you don't get a hell of a lot of public recognition, but the fact is your efforts make a di
that's what makes us strong. and the fact that they're out there, the fact that they are exercising tremendous bravery, tremendous currently and are willing to do everything they can to fight to protect this country, that is what makes america strong. that's what makes us strong. and i've often said, if others who were in leadership positions in this town could just look at the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to fight for what they think is right and just -- just take a...
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states can use. i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle. >> thank you. hopefully not in the history books in just yet. i am jim nussle from iowa. i and the former house budget chairman. learned a lot from watching them work together. and the people on this stage. they're all out of hand in working the process to a successful conclusion many times while the serbs in congress. i am co-chair of the committee for responsible federal budget. we thought it would be important to tap the resources of people who have actually been there, it done that, had a number of teachers to th
states can use. i think this is very much open to president obama as he takes to the house. he talks about the desire to work together for a true balanced approach, not a balanced approach that is not balanced. he could be met halfway by john boehner and the house republicans. that saves the country. it is my pleasure to call up my former budget committee chairman. it is nice to be part of a group with people you have read about in history books. this fellow i did serve with. jim nussle....
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let us a ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need some how not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our f.d.i in the country has trailed a lot of other places in the world. some of it is education training. there are systems of competitiveness. we know what they are. it is trying to get more of a window on that. it also helps -- the president of the united states says i want people to invest in the united states. i want to create a manufacturing. that is helpful. >> let me ask you about the policy debate. there is no need to be usually excuses -- exclusion. on the democratic side, you have an emphasis on all of government. obama t as a senate for manufactur
let us a ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need some how not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our f.d.i in the country has trailed...
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once we started moving forces, nothing stopped us or slowed us. the only adapttation we thought about making was for a period of time we making was for a thougho be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> and you didn't know the situation with regard to the ambassador until hours later when, in fact, some libyans had come into that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that point unresponsive from smoke inhalation? >> that's right. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator, nelson. we are going to take a 10-minute recess. >> 3 1/2 hours from secretary panetta and general dempsey before the senate armed services committee. the committee is taking a 10-minute break and come back and wrap up. there are a number of senators including lindsay graham asking for a second round of question. a program advisory, we will continue to cover this hearing live and follow it on c-span.org . here in c-span at 2:30, we will go live to the sen
once we started moving forces, nothing stopped us or slowed us. the only adapttation we thought about making was for a period of time we making was for a thougho be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> and you didn't know the situation with regard to the ambassador until hours later when, in fact, some libyans had come into that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that...
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, using their own oversight methods, using their own i.t. systems. and as a result, you had stovepiped data. and when you have stovepipe data, you have inconsistencies. and that produces from our audits, we learned from our audits, the fact that about 30% of the projects completed in iraq were not properly accounted for, not properly recorded in any data base. and, therefore, we couldn't really analyze the details of them without trying to find the paperwork, wherever it may be hidden at particular agencies. that's something that -- that the reform of our approach to stabilization and reconstruction operations must address, and it similarly must address the need for uniformity in contracting and the stockman-welch bill proposes exactly that kind of reform. the core of engineers commanders consistently have told me that they support that. the first commander of the gulf region in iraq, great guy, very sharp, succeeded early on, is succeeding now leading the core, is a strong proponent of this particular kind of contracting reform. fifth, over
, using their own oversight methods, using their own i.t. systems. and as a result, you had stovepiped data. and when you have stovepipe data, you have inconsistencies. and that produces from our audits, we learned from our audits, the fact that about 30% of the projects completed in iraq were not properly accounted for, not properly recorded in any data base. and, therefore, we couldn't really analyze the details of them without trying to find the paperwork, wherever it may be hidden at...
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each of us has a responsibility. we are not by the interest of our party or president but by the interest of our people. thank you for agreeing to serve once more. when i am on the subject patriots, let me say a few words about john brennan. john brennan, the men and women of the cia will have the leadership of one of the most respected intelligence persons, not to mentions smart and strength which he claims comes from growing up in new jersey. a 25 year veteran of the cia he knows what our national security demands, strong facts, analytic insights, the key. he traveled through the arabian peninsula where he camped with them in the desert. he has a desire for human dignity. he held senior management and operational positions at the agency. he is committed to the capabilities we need. he literally built and led the terrorism room. he knows the risks they face every day. john has lost colleagues and friends, he rose to stars the grace the memorial wall. for the last year he developed and has overseen our counterterrori
each of us has a responsibility. we are not by the interest of our party or president but by the interest of our people. thank you for agreeing to serve once more. when i am on the subject patriots, let me say a few words about john brennan. john brennan, the men and women of the cia will have the leadership of one of the most respected intelligence persons, not to mentions smart and strength which he claims comes from growing up in new jersey. a 25 year veteran of the cia he knows what our...
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but the public wants us to act. i will conclude by saying, in all my years involved with these issues, there is nothing that has pricked the conscience of the american people, nothing that has gone to the heart and mattered more than the visions that these people have of these little six-year-old kids riddled -- not shot -- riddled, riddled with bullet holes in their classroom. and the public demands we speak to it. and i am sure we cannot guarantee this will never happen again, but as the president said, if what we do and what we say only saves one life, that makes the difference. i do not believe we are imposing on the rights that the second amendment guarantees. now with your permission, let's get down to business. i think the press for being here. >> [indiscernible] >> we're going to talk about all these things. >> the vice-president saying he would deliver the new gun policy proposals to president obama by tuesday. those meetings continue. he will be meeting with gun owner groups in about 20 minutes, including
but the public wants us to act. i will conclude by saying, in all my years involved with these issues, there is nothing that has pricked the conscience of the american people, nothing that has gone to the heart and mattered more than the visions that these people have of these little six-year-old kids riddled -- not shot -- riddled, riddled with bullet holes in their classroom. and the public demands we speak to it. and i am sure we cannot guarantee this will never happen again, but as the...
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elmendorf has given us shows us some of the ways we can get there. it's not a hopeless situation, but it's a very dire situation. the picture c.b.o. paints of the next 10 years is immensely disturbing. our gross federal debt after rising $6 trillion in the last four years will rise another $9 trillion by 2022. c.b.o.'s report also suggests that there things only get worse outside that 10-year worse outside that 10-year window, continuing us on an
elmendorf has given us shows us some of the ways we can get there. it's not a hopeless situation, but it's a very dire situation. the picture c.b.o. paints of the next 10 years is immensely disturbing. our gross federal debt after rising $6 trillion in the last four years will rise another $9 trillion by 2022. c.b.o.'s report also suggests that there things only get worse outside that 10-year worse outside that 10-year window, continuing us on an
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let us watch. we will cavill and to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. one week ago today, this committee heard from senator chuck hegel -- hagel to be the next defense secretary. the center of south carolina said he would put a hold on former senator hagel's nomination unless leon panetta agreed to testify. this is the first of two harris we will show you today. this and later this afternoon, the confirmation hearing for cia director nominee, john brennan, currently the counter-terrorism chief. >> good morning, everybody. we welcome secretary of defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey to testify about the department of defense's response to the deadly terrorist attack on the u.s. temporary mission facility in benghazi, libya on september 11 and all of last year. the findings of its review following that attack, including
let us watch. we will cavill and to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and general martin dempsey about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. one week ago today, this committee heard from senator chuck hegel -- hagel to be the next defense secretary. the center of south carolina said he would put a hold on former senator hagel's nomination unless leon panetta agreed to testify. this is the first of two harris we will show you today....
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rather than divide us, it should unite us. as i look over this crap, i say unity among all of you. -- see unity among all of you. we have a special term in dakota -- i was very fortunate to spend 30 years on these issues in congress. i've attempted to put rural americas agenda wil on the natil agenda. since i left the senate, i'm reminded of agricultural issues. food security issues. it is that the prairie's edge. these are national issues. they are global issues. today farming and food security are beginning to receive the attention that they deserve. president obama has launched a new alliance for food security and nutrition with the goal of raising 50 million people out of poverty in the next decade alone. farmers are having their own online dating service. the most talked about super bowl commercial, courtesy of the late harvey, was a heartwarming tribute to the american farmer. what is that kenny chesney song? thinks my tractor is sexy" ? if not sexy, increasingly critical and increasingly important. i'm glad to be here.
rather than divide us, it should unite us. as i look over this crap, i say unity among all of you. -- see unity among all of you. we have a special term in dakota -- i was very fortunate to spend 30 years on these issues in congress. i've attempted to put rural americas agenda wil on the natil agenda. since i left the senate, i'm reminded of agricultural issues. food security issues. it is that the prairie's edge. these are national issues. they are global issues. today farming and food...
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using marriage is the most important thing. -- use a marriage is the most important thing. that is the harm. the legend and children children living -- it is illegitimate children living with their parents. they do not have this option and being married. >> what is the big deal? if gays and lesbians have all the bright except being able to and theyled married say we want to be called married in california has given them all the legal rights, what is the big deal? q. has the burden of showing what is the big deal? the first conclusion you draw is that there is only one remaining potential the stateion for what is doing. that is to maintain the idea that message that same-sex relationships are less valuable. that was off the table. we won that 10 years ago. >> qe1 in the case of a criminal case -- qe1 that in the case of a criminal case. >> it stands for more than that. >> you may be right. >> i would be very surprised. >> is reading of the majority opinion was quite accurate. .> it was a criminal case it certainly was. moral disapproval. what is the big deal? where do you st
using marriage is the most important thing. -- use a marriage is the most important thing. that is the harm. the legend and children children living -- it is illegitimate children living with their parents. they do not have this option and being married. >> what is the big deal? if gays and lesbians have all the bright except being able to and theyled married say we want to be called married in california has given them all the legal rights, what is the big deal? q. has the burden of...
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come evenone of us those of us who are apolitical, spend 99.5% whirring about the small percent of us that is different. we can all laugh about being taller, thinner, faster. i might've had a different life. [laughter] that tiny bit of difference gave albert einstein a brain bigger .han most people he put it to pretty good use. i can give you lots of other examples. i was 99.5% the same as gandhi, but he had a pretty remarkable life that was different. most of the hand, truly great people who have ever lived taught us how to connect a little bit of us that is different with the part that we have in common. worlde going to live in a where you have to figure out how to reconcile all of these challenges with all of these opportunities. i believe you will have no ,hoice but to do public service whether you are in private life or not. i think it will make a big difference. reason is that there is always a gap between what the private sector can produce and what the government can provide nongovernmental groups to try to fill. two, and the poorest countries, systems have to be built and ref
come evenone of us those of us who are apolitical, spend 99.5% whirring about the small percent of us that is different. we can all laugh about being taller, thinner, faster. i might've had a different life. [laughter] that tiny bit of difference gave albert einstein a brain bigger .han most people he put it to pretty good use. i can give you lots of other examples. i was 99.5% the same as gandhi, but he had a pretty remarkable life that was different. most of the hand, truly great people who...
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they are less likely to talk to us -- they are more likely to turn us down than to talk to us, but somehow, we still fill the hour. >> the book looks fantastic. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> i emptied my brain in that book. >> it shows. the graphics look really fabulous. my question to you is a two- part question, which is you are so knowledgeable about the media. what do you think is the most influential media machine right now, and where do you go for what you think is the best information, the most factual information? i think that is something we are all trying to figure out for ourselves. thank you. >> well, here is the thing. what is influential for me is not influential for a whole lot of other people. you know, i live in the bubble of new york, and the bubble of bubbles of brooklyn, and the -- in the bubbliest. i think "the new york times" is very influential, but they are not that influential except for reporting. cable news actually has very few viewers, relatively speaking, but they inform the mainstream media. there is so much cross fertilization going on. there is no si
they are less likely to talk to us -- they are more likely to turn us down than to talk to us, but somehow, we still fill the hour. >> the book looks fantastic. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> i emptied my brain in that book. >> it shows. the graphics look really fabulous. my question to you is a two- part question, which is you are so knowledgeable about the media. what do you think is the most influential media machine right now, and where do you go for what...
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independent media will save us. the media are the most powerful institutions on earth, more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile. it is an idea that explodes onto the scene. but it does not happen when it is contained by that box, the tv screen we all days at for so many hours a week. so many people are weak. we need to hear people speaking for themselves outside of the box. we cannot afford the status quo anymore. from global warming to global warming. >> author and host amy goodman aching your calls and tweets -- taking your calls and tweets on book tv on c-span 2. treasury official airing .- aaron klein >> ok, we are going to get started.good afternoon. it is a privilege for us, in cooperation, to host this series. i am the director for the center of policy. it is really a privilege to host this series, and i am glad that all of you are here to hear our featured guest today. i do not know where michelle is. she is involved in the logistics of this event. ok, she is not here. but i wanted to give
independent media will save us. the media are the most powerful institutions on earth, more powerful than any bomb, more powerful than any missile. it is an idea that explodes onto the scene. but it does not happen when it is contained by that box, the tv screen we all days at for so many hours a week. so many people are weak. we need to hear people speaking for themselves outside of the box. we cannot afford the status quo anymore. from global warming to global warming. >> author and...
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with us. the lgbt community merits our consideration. i will not vote for the substitute. i support the lgbt community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back of the the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from florida continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland to discuss the previous question, mr. van hollen, distinguished ranking member of the committee on the budget, from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank ranking member slaughter, and i hope tomorrow this house will finally have a chance to vote on the bipartisan senate bill to prevent violence against women. i hope tomorrow will also have a chance -- we'll also have a chance to vote on a proposal that we now have put forward three times this year to replace the sequester. unfortunately the rule reported o
with us. the lgbt community merits our consideration. i will not vote for the substitute. i support the lgbt community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back of the the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from florida continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland to discuss the previous question, mr. van hollen, distinguished ranking member of the...
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form partnerships with us, let us give you advice, let us tell you how to deal with this threat. and they made great inroads in this administration in that approach. but the blindness of the larger jihadist threat, the enterprise that is being pursued by the muslim brotherhood abroad, has resulted in the practice of drone delivered assassinations of al qaeda figures with what many are questioning or arguing is due process without that. and this administration's repeated declaration that al qaeda is being defeated. they know not of what they speak. the idea that al qaeda is being defeated is helping recruit others who are radical jihadists, because they are able to point to a united states administration that is so blind and so uninformed of what really is going on that they think al qaeda's on the decline when radical jihad is on its way up. the drone technique of killing american citizens and killing radical jihadists is apparently felt by this administration to be a very advanced and practical approach. well, it does avoid putting americans at risk right now, with you those sam
form partnerships with us, let us give you advice, let us tell you how to deal with this threat. and they made great inroads in this administration in that approach. but the blindness of the larger jihadist threat, the enterprise that is being pursued by the muslim brotherhood abroad, has resulted in the practice of drone delivered assassinations of al qaeda figures with what many are questioning or arguing is due process without that. and this administration's repeated declaration that al...
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that is not something that we are used to. my father was used to that. my wife's father was used to that. they went off to the war in the pacific and four years later, the bus pulled up in alabama and my father-in-law got off. we are used to rotating forces every several months. we will rotate a squadron. we will rotate major headquarters. first thing that is a threshold. the second thing is a force we are building under sequestration. that is significant. ,hat i mean i wanted to dwell to deploy and go on a ship. he goes on aircraft carrier. it is home for 12 months and then they go again. what does that mean? , most the height of iraq of the ground forces were on at least one to one. you are gone seven months and home seven months. that begins to wear on the force. training and prepping and have tools. -- are home at five months for five months. we were coming out of the war. we had a force that was on one to three ratio. you go for three months and be home for 18 months. the force that we are building in the u.s. marine corps to pay our bills will be o
that is not something that we are used to. my father was used to that. my wife's father was used to that. they went off to the war in the pacific and four years later, the bus pulled up in alabama and my father-in-law got off. we are used to rotating forces every several months. we will rotate a squadron. we will rotate major headquarters. first thing that is a threshold. the second thing is a force we are building under sequestration. that is significant. ,hat i mean i wanted to dwell to...
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how was this going to take us or advance us to where we needed to go? and where did we think we needed to go? so yes, those experiences did shape my decisions. >>>> the support of israel. i have no doubt that you think that -- your commitment to -- that around should not have the ability to have a nuclear weapon. i appreciate that position very much. where we go with the strength of our army if we have our military part and the pilot of defense, the national guard, how does the national guard play in what they should be doing and what they could be doing? >> the national guard as you know has a chair at the table with the joint chiefs. general -- the general represents the national guard. but their role will continue to be important as will the reserves. we saw over the last 12 years of war how important our national guard is in -- and the reserve. we could not have conducted those wars without the national guard and reserves. that is a professionalized service. they will continue to be important. their credibility, leadership, that is why the decision
how was this going to take us or advance us to where we needed to go? and where did we think we needed to go? so yes, those experiences did shape my decisions. >>>> the support of israel. i have no doubt that you think that -- your commitment to -- that around should not have the ability to have a nuclear weapon. i appreciate that position very much. where we go with the strength of our army if we have our military part and the pilot of defense, the national guard, how does the...
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>> i used to think that politics would push us in that direction. frankly, as hard as reforming the personal and corporate income tax is, coming up with a new tax at this point in time, i think, is totally unthinkable from the republican point of view. i cannot imagine doing it within the next 10 years or so. >> my observation is to not ask the question -- what percentage of gdp will total spending be -- what will happen to health care costs in the next decade and a half. if we get it under control, i think our numbers could be significantly lower. what we have seen over the last three or four years is very optimistic in the sense that health-care cost growth has slowed down. we have been there once before and it did not pan out. i am a believer that there are a number of forces that should make us more optimistic now than we were the last time this happened. >> other questions from the audience? it is on its way. hang on a second. >> i am mark gruenberg. the whole point of the fiscal cliff and trying to get the deficit down long-term -- you have no
>> i used to think that politics would push us in that direction. frankly, as hard as reforming the personal and corporate income tax is, coming up with a new tax at this point in time, i think, is totally unthinkable from the republican point of view. i cannot imagine doing it within the next 10 years or so. >> my observation is to not ask the question -- what percentage of gdp will total spending be -- what will happen to health care costs in the next decade and a half. if we get...
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that calms us down. i didn't like it when we get too angry. >> which national leader or official in the government has been the nicest to you all? >> well, there are congress people that has been a great ally to us. one that i admire tremendously is congresswoman barbara lee.
that calms us down. i didn't like it when we get too angry. >> which national leader or official in the government has been the nicest to you all? >> well, there are congress people that has been a great ally to us. one that i admire tremendously is congresswoman barbara lee.
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to us tomorrow. while we can accept that terrorism is a global threat, the idea that we are engaged in a global war on terror which allows an executive branch, regardless of which country's executive branch it is to declare people unilaterally enemies of the state and order their killing without judicial review before or after the fact is one that we must at least debate and seriously consider whether that is the kind of world in which we want to live. it used to be that our country condemned what we now call targeted killing. it will be the case tomorrow that other countries will carry them out. we look to ourselves as a standard setter for international law, the rule of law. we undermine our status, our legitimacy, and our ability to argue for the rule of law approach if we don't recognize that limitations that we want today -- that we might want for others are ones that we have to recognize for ourselves. and there i want to talk very quickly about some facts. said,ality is, as mark the majority o
to us tomorrow. while we can accept that terrorism is a global threat, the idea that we are engaged in a global war on terror which allows an executive branch, regardless of which country's executive branch it is to declare people unilaterally enemies of the state and order their killing without judicial review before or after the fact is one that we must at least debate and seriously consider whether that is the kind of world in which we want to live. it used to be that our country condemned...
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let us pray. oh, god you made human beings in your image and you give us hearts to feel the pain of others and minds to create solutions for human suffering. give us as the people, a compassion and vision, help us to respond to crisis of gun violence with not only words but with action. bless our elective leaders with the wisdom and courage needed to bring about the changes that their people demand. grant in so doing our streets and classrooms and our theaters and our churches maybe peaceful and safe. we ask all this in god's holy name. amen. >> thank you very much. like all of you here today, i remain horrified by the mass murder committed at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. i'm also incensed that our weak gun laws allow these mass killings to be carried out again and again in our country. weapons designed originally for the military to kill large numbers of people in close combat are replicated for civilian use. they fall into the hands one way or another of killers, of gangs of th
let us pray. oh, god you made human beings in your image and you give us hearts to feel the pain of others and minds to create solutions for human suffering. give us as the people, a compassion and vision, help us to respond to crisis of gun violence with not only words but with action. bless our elective leaders with the wisdom and courage needed to bring about the changes that their people demand. grant in so doing our streets and classrooms and our theaters and our churches maybe peaceful...
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they have asked us, they have given us the privilege to do that for them. we're hear, minds focused, sleeves rolled up, because we know we have work to do. we know we need to have a leader of this country who is ready to get to work. my friends, i don't think there is any doubt in november, the american people decided they knew who they wanted to be their leader for the next four years. [cheers and applause] we are very pleased that today we convey a message to our president, barack obama that we are ready to work. we see what it means to work. under the leadership of our leader and then speaker nancy pelosi we work with president obama to make sure we turn -- we turn an economy that was hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month. we have turned it into a economy that has created 6 million jobs over the last three years. under the leadership of president obama and our leader nancy pelosi, we have helped 105 million americans who no longer have to fear if their child contracts diabetes or in an accident that they will run out of insurance before that child is ready t
they have asked us, they have given us the privilege to do that for them. we're hear, minds focused, sleeves rolled up, because we know we have work to do. we know we need to have a leader of this country who is ready to get to work. my friends, i don't think there is any doubt in november, the american people decided they knew who they wanted to be their leader for the next four years. [cheers and applause] we are very pleased that today we convey a message to our president, barack obama that...
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i also use it -- a lot of people use it to send out a link to other things. at i think it is very useful for that to have , you know,list of what is the most substantial, where you can click on and go to the most substantial thing. thoseu can comment on longer pieces or what ever it is. >> i think that is right. , everyry information information tool has a certain advantage or certain this .dvantage obviously, the newspaper, for example, any newspaper can get into a story on a deeper level than a minute and a half story but what younews, say is correct though. twitter is great for breaking news. it is great for getting eyewitness accounts for people in different places. forit is not a substitute those of you who are going to give greater background to a situation. obviously, you want to have all in iran or on the streets of the time,n tunisia at just to give you a sense of what is happening at that moment, but you are going to need people who are really going to put all of that into a bigger picture for the second day story, for the week after, for the month
i also use it -- a lot of people use it to send out a link to other things. at i think it is very useful for that to have , you know,list of what is the most substantial, where you can click on and go to the most substantial thing. thoseu can comment on longer pieces or what ever it is. >> i think that is right. , everyry information information tool has a certain advantage or certain this .dvantage obviously, the newspaper, for example, any newspaper can get into a story on a deeper...
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here to tell us more is a reporter. thank you for talking with us. how unusual is it that the president's pick for defense secretary blocked at this stage of the game? guest: extraordinarily unusual. the senate make history in doing so. the most bizarre thing, the thing that is probably most frustrating to people watching is that former senator hagel is a former republican senator, and the reason why it was 58 votes is because harry reid switched his vote to no soap the senate can bring it back up again. you have a lot of republican senators who were saying last week that they did not want to see it go up in filibuster. at least it would be an up-down of the to be approved. there was no precedent to filibuster a choice like this. and the republicans decided they wanted to use this vote as a way to extract more information from the white house on issues like the terrorist attack in benghazi in september, and so they are committed to passing a goal when they come back. the way you are looking at it, it is a tedious exercise in delaying the inevitable.
here to tell us more is a reporter. thank you for talking with us. how unusual is it that the president's pick for defense secretary blocked at this stage of the game? guest: extraordinarily unusual. the senate make history in doing so. the most bizarre thing, the thing that is probably most frustrating to people watching is that former senator hagel is a former republican senator, and the reason why it was 58 votes is because harry reid switched his vote to no soap the senate can bring it back...
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you can use integrated, use any word you want. i want it to work. and until i get my arms around this, i'm not going to spend any more money on this. we will have it shortly. can i tell you, in a week or two, we'll have something decided within 30 days, i'll tell you that. i can't defend it and we are making some progress, a lot of good things have been done. we're way behind. we will do better. have to do better. >> thank you very much. in closing, i just want to highlight a related issue. among post-9/11 veterans nationwide, the unemployment rate as you know remains higher than the national average. it is estimated there are currently 800,000 unemployed veterans nationwide as well as 60,000 homeless veterans. and with all the challenges our veterans face, i was pleased that president obama's budget request included a proposal for new transition assistance program that would help our veterans adjust to civilian life. i won't ask you now because i know there are many people who have questions, but i would hope that you could share with us the key co
you can use integrated, use any word you want. i want it to work. and until i get my arms around this, i'm not going to spend any more money on this. we will have it shortly. can i tell you, in a week or two, we'll have something decided within 30 days, i'll tell you that. i can't defend it and we are making some progress, a lot of good things have been done. we're way behind. we will do better. have to do better. >> thank you very much. in closing, i just want to highlight a related...
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make us more concerned? >> in the chaos that assad has created and the civil war that's grown out of it, i believe we have increasingly vulnerable chemical sites there as the fighting swings back and forth and weapons get transferred from one vulnerable site to one they believe is more secure. certainly the material aspects of their leadership could cause them to do things that causes us to keep a very close eye on them. our planning is taking this into account to the degree that it can. and i'll tell you, we have options prepared. >> and have any of the opposition groups that we're talking to been involved in any of those discussions or any of those plans? >> no, ma'am. i should say not by u.s. central command. we have not engaged with the opposition 6 -- groups on this. >> i want to switch from syria to pakistan, because obviously that is one of the other parts of the central command where there are serious concerns about the impact on our actions in afghanistan. and i wonder if you could talk about what t
make us more concerned? >> in the chaos that assad has created and the civil war that's grown out of it, i believe we have increasingly vulnerable chemical sites there as the fighting swings back and forth and weapons get transferred from one vulnerable site to one they believe is more secure. certainly the material aspects of their leadership could cause them to do things that causes us to keep a very close eye on them. our planning is taking this into account to the degree that it can....
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you can use these, by the way, if you want to use them. now, two other tweets i would give, then we are going to go to "q&a." secretary tweet would be, rebalance primarily a political and economic one or primarily a political and economic concept not a military one, but lots of detail on the latter. that would be a tweet. finally, deputy secretary to asia pacific rebalance not aimed at anyone. an important message, some don't buy into that yet, but that's what is the policy. so, with those attempts at a tweet summary, i would like -- maybe we should both start doing this. i would like to turn to the audience. we have about 10 minutes. regrettably we don't have more time right now. but about 10 minutes. i ask you to wait for the microfofpblete i ask you to identify yourself and affiliation, and refrain -- we are back into baseball season. they just started. i'll use a baseball expression. i would like you to refrain from any long wind-up before you deliver the question. just go straight to the question. only one question. with that be prepa
you can use these, by the way, if you want to use them. now, two other tweets i would give, then we are going to go to "q&a." secretary tweet would be, rebalance primarily a political and economic one or primarily a political and economic concept not a military one, but lots of detail on the latter. that would be a tweet. finally, deputy secretary to asia pacific rebalance not aimed at anyone. an important message, some don't buy into that yet, but that's what is the policy. so,...
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that is not something we are used to. my father was used to it. my wife's father was used to it. they went off to the war in the pacific and four years later, the bus pulled up in front of the red dirt road in alabama and my father-in-law got off. same thing with my dad. we are used to rotating forces every seven months in the marine corps. we will locate -- we will rotate a squadron or rotate major headquarters every 13 months. that's not what is going to happen. that's the first thing. the second thing is the force we are building under sequestration is on what we call a one-to draw. dwell. the -- one-to the force goes away for six months, it goes on a ship, does theater security operation, it goes into the asia-pacific area and is gone for six months and is home for 12 months. then it goes again. just to give you a sense of what does that mean, during the height of the rack, most of the ground forces were on at least a one to one, that's about the best it will get. gone seven months and home seven months and gone seven months. that begins to wear on the force. you are 30 days
that is not something we are used to. my father was used to it. my wife's father was used to it. they went off to the war in the pacific and four years later, the bus pulled up in front of the red dirt road in alabama and my father-in-law got off. same thing with my dad. we are used to rotating forces every seven months in the marine corps. we will locate -- we will rotate a squadron or rotate major headquarters every 13 months. that's not what is going to happen. that's the first thing. the...
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that is up to us. that is up to us to make sure we do that. i want them to be proud of sending their sons and daughters into the army. that what it should be. we all know what the army did to races, people of all colors, religions, financial background, whatever. the opportunity to succeed, we all know it. to make sure they understand that and we sustain it. if we don't get after this, we are going to start having some problems. i ask everybody to make sure you understand that. >> name of this place still resonates with the shuddering in the hearts of the american people. more than any other name connected to the civil war except for lincoln, gettysburg reverberates. americans retain the knowledge of what happens here was the crux of our terrible national trial. even americans who are not sure precisely what happened on these fields know all the glory and tragedy with the civil war resides most palpably and indelibly here. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, live, all day, sunday, june 30 on american 3.story tv on c-span >> a
that is up to us. that is up to us to make sure we do that. i want them to be proud of sending their sons and daughters into the army. that what it should be. we all know what the army did to races, people of all colors, religions, financial background, whatever. the opportunity to succeed, we all know it. to make sure they understand that and we sustain it. if we don't get after this, we are going to start having some problems. i ask everybody to make sure you understand that. >> name of...
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and these things divide us as a people rather than unite us as a people. when you hear the promise out there that people won't have to worry about their rent check, won't have to worry about their car payment, that somebody will take care of you, this idea that government's going to step in and lift the burden off of people and take away individual responsibility was something that was pervasive in the last two presidential races, particularly in the last one. and it undermines the efficientsy -- efficiency of the american people. we should be thinking, madam speaker, about a nation of over 300 million people that has some of the longest and the highest and most sustained unemployment rates in the history of this country, the great depression would be the exception, and a nation with around 313 million people in it, a little over 13 million people have signed up for unemployment, another number of people that approaches that of about 20 million people that are defineably underemployed and that's just a piece of those who were not engaged. when we look at t
and these things divide us as a people rather than unite us as a people. when you hear the promise out there that people won't have to worry about their rent check, won't have to worry about their car payment, that somebody will take care of you, this idea that government's going to step in and lift the burden off of people and take away individual responsibility was something that was pervasive in the last two presidential races, particularly in the last one. and it undermines the efficientsy...
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, make us look weak. then selling weapons to states, then people don't care us over there. that is why our founding fathers were based on faith, why the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. the president does not care about this country, and the people in this country had better wake up and realize what has happened. they had better read izzy keele to figure outzekiel 38 what is going on. host: a meeting between the president and house and senate leaders. it started at 10:18. if there are follow-up remarks from any of those in attendance at the meeting, we plan to have those for you on c-span. also, a quick reminder about today's white house briefing coming up that 11:30 eastern with spokesman jay carney. we plan to have that live for you on c-span. the parks now from -- remarks know from a reporter on the impact of sequestration on the di defense department. host: what is the headline, keith laing, about -- guest: the obama administration has raised the specter of flight delays and longer
, make us look weak. then selling weapons to states, then people don't care us over there. that is why our founding fathers were based on faith, why the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. the president does not care about this country, and the people in this country had better wake up and realize what has happened. they had better read izzy keele to figure outzekiel 38 what is going on. host: a meeting between the president and house and senate leaders. it started at 10:18. if...
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speaker, people are watching us, people are seeing us. but what woodrow wilson said, while congress in committee rooms is congress at work. that's where we really do our work. we vote on it here, but committees are critically important creatures of oversight and of action. i think the gentlelady is a good member of this house and she's been gaven tough responsibility, she laments the fact that we have no money. we have no money because we said we didn't need it fwosme money because we can operate money without it. mr. speaker, i hear your gavel and i will close. but i urge my colleagues to vote against this resolution. let's make sure the congress of the united states can do the job the people expect. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back, the entlelady from michigan. mrs. miller: i appreciate the gentleman's comments, i have great regard for him as well. i hearing him talking about the sequester, an irrational kind of thing thembings president's idea, i don't dispute it's not the best way to cut spending
speaker, people are watching us, people are seeing us. but what woodrow wilson said, while congress in committee rooms is congress at work. that's where we really do our work. we vote on it here, but committees are critically important creatures of oversight and of action. i think the gentlelady is a good member of this house and she's been gaven tough responsibility, she laments the fact that we have no money. we have no money because we said we didn't need it fwosme money because we can...
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we use all the information available to us to conduct verification. er includes fast information collected by inspectors. we have a huge pile of information collected by our inspectors. this is essential source of information for us. we have also information from other sources. that is very helpful. we also have the information that we obtain, for example, through satellite imagery and some countries provide us with information, intelligence information. we cross-check all of the inspect the information, intelligence information and other information. we collect information over the period. we cross-check this information from a technical point of view, and we apply very critical this piece verify of information. we have proven, and we do not rush to conclusion. in the case of the november, 2011, report, we do not rush to the conclusion. as we stated is that have a variety of information, we believe that iran has to engage with us and clarify the information. iran has a case to answer. >> thank you very much, director general. i fear that i've focused
we use all the information available to us to conduct verification. er includes fast information collected by inspectors. we have a huge pile of information collected by our inspectors. this is essential source of information for us. we have also information from other sources. that is very helpful. we also have the information that we obtain, for example, through satellite imagery and some countries provide us with information, intelligence information. we cross-check all of the inspect the...
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guns for recreational use. that's why i was pleased to appoint time thompson to the head of our task force. he's a vietnam war vet, wounded vietnam war investment person who used assault weapons in combat and knows they should be banned. but nonetheless, was that a place where all of congress can come to agreement? i don't know. but he certainly is a gun owner and hunter and brings that perspective to the table to lead our efforts to find common ground. we will see what the impact is. i don't want to predict it will be successful because i hope and pray it is not and as you have heard me say over and over, president lincoln said, public sentiment is everything and it's the public, including members of the n.r.a., understand that more needs to be done. i think we will be successful. one more? yes. >> part of today's briefing with nancy pelosi. here's a look at the primetime schedules on the c-span network. starting 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, treasury secretary jack lew testifies on the president's 2014 request
guns for recreational use. that's why i was pleased to appoint time thompson to the head of our task force. he's a vietnam war vet, wounded vietnam war investment person who used assault weapons in combat and knows they should be banned. but nonetheless, was that a place where all of congress can come to agreement? i don't know. but he certainly is a gun owner and hunter and brings that perspective to the table to lead our efforts to find common ground. we will see what the impact is. i don't...
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they tried to convince us it was a video. and since that time then, the argument was made that there was no military relief that could have come into benghazi because it was logistically not possible. that i would say is questionable at best. piece after piece needs to come out into the public, mr. speaker, and i'm a strong advocate for frank wolf's proposal that we set up that committee to examine all of this and produce a report for the american people. that's simply triggered by my questions when i listened to the gentleman from pennsylvania. i would expect you would ask to yield if any of that was inaccurate. seeing not, the gentlelady from north carolina come to the floor for any reason? i would be happy to yield if that's the case. it would be my honor and privilege to could so. i would be happy to yield to the entlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: i thank my colleague for yielding. i thank the speaker for recognition. mr. speaker, i rise to honor the life of marine corps veteran lance corporal mason vanderwork of hi
they tried to convince us it was a video. and since that time then, the argument was made that there was no military relief that could have come into benghazi because it was logistically not possible. that i would say is questionable at best. piece after piece needs to come out into the public, mr. speaker, and i'm a strong advocate for frank wolf's proposal that we set up that committee to examine all of this and produce a report for the american people. that's simply triggered by my questions...
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they are as american in their hearts as any of us. and have so much to give to the great country in which they grew up. and yet they are represented from doing so bied failure of this body to -- by the failure of thised abouty to act. -- of this body to act. they need the paperwork they need to get a job or get a driver's license. but there's no certainty there. what becomes of them in two years? in four years? how do they know that the time they spend investing and earning a college degree will be able to pay off with a good job down the road? it's time for this body to take up action on the senate bill or pass a comprehensive house bill. we have a unique window of opportunity to do something very important for our economy, creating jobs for americans, important for our national security and important for our future of our country. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representative
they are as american in their hearts as any of us. and have so much to give to the great country in which they grew up. and yet they are represented from doing so bied failure of this body to -- by the failure of thised abouty to act. -- of this body to act. they need the paperwork they need to get a job or get a driver's license. but there's no certainty there. what becomes of them in two years? in four years? how do they know that the time they spend investing and earning a college degree...
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but the leader shipe -- leadership i'm talking about told us with us and would support us. but i guess those were only words because last night we learned the truth. thanks to their actions, there's no additional federal assistance to help hardworking people rebuild and restart their lives. now i'm not a cynic but i do wonder, what if we told republicans that a few millionaires and billionaires' lives were destroyed by this storm, whether they'd want to help all the families hurting because of sandy? i wonder what if republicans were promised that by providing aid to families in need that in turn they would get a tax break? would these incentives have changed their minds? would it have prompted action? because it truly does appear that their only priority is helping those that have the most. republicans in congress brought this house to a new low last night. the banner other the speaker's chair says, in god we trust. god alone cannot help these people rebuild but the american people cannot trust the republican congress to help either. the only thing the republican leadershi
but the leader shipe -- leadership i'm talking about told us with us and would support us. but i guess those were only words because last night we learned the truth. thanks to their actions, there's no additional federal assistance to help hardworking people rebuild and restart their lives. now i'm not a cynic but i do wonder, what if we told republicans that a few millionaires and billionaires' lives were destroyed by this storm, whether they'd want to help all the families hurting because of...
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let us reject this bill. let us reject a partisan bill. let us speak out for the farm community of america and, yes, those who need nutritional help, and let us speak for job growth in rural america which the bill that the chairman reported out would have helped. this bill ought to be rejected, and we ought to do our duty and our responsibility in a responsible and effective democratic, bipartisan, cooperative way and i yield back the balance of my time and i congratulate the chairman for what he would want to do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i recognize the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, one of my prime subcommittee chairmen, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for recognizing me and for the work that he's done to pull together this bill over these last two years. there's much that i'm hearing on this floor so far in this debate that i do no
let us reject this bill. let us reject a partisan bill. let us speak out for the farm community of america and, yes, those who need nutritional help, and let us speak for job growth in rural america which the bill that the chairman reported out would have helped. this bill ought to be rejected, and we ought to do our duty and our responsibility in a responsible and effective democratic, bipartisan, cooperative way and i yield back the balance of my time and i congratulate the chairman for what...
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senator lindsey graham is with us. he remains in afghanistan doing his active duty as a colonel in the air force reserve. we hope that he's not held hostage for too -- some of us hope that he is. anyway. so i'm joined with senator whitehouse of rhode island, kelly out of new hampshire, senator koonce of delaware, and senator blumenthal of connecticut. and i'm pleased to be joined with my colleagues, both democrats and republicans. we traveled to egypt, afghanistan, jordan and israel. we met with a broad array of people and leaders in nearly all of these countries. and we also had an opportunity to engage directly on the matter of syria. meeting in egypt with the new president and visit the refugee camp in jordan. i want to give my colleagues an opportunity to speak with themselves and we all look forward to taking our questions on every aspect of our trip. but the main reason why we convened this press conference is to talk about syria because one main area of agreement among us, democrats and republicans, is the need
senator lindsey graham is with us. he remains in afghanistan doing his active duty as a colonel in the air force reserve. we hope that he's not held hostage for too -- some of us hope that he is. anyway. so i'm joined with senator whitehouse of rhode island, kelly out of new hampshire, senator koonce of delaware, and senator blumenthal of connecticut. and i'm pleased to be joined with my colleagues, both democrats and republicans. we traveled to egypt, afghanistan, jordan and israel. we met...
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i think we should use them. i've seen people using them at church, funerals, weddings. we've gotten into very, very dangerous behavior because we think we can use them behind a wheel of a car when we're driving. and it's just not safe. only 18 states passed laws. now 39 have passed laws. we're working on trying to get all 50 states to pass laws. we think it's when we started our seat belt campaign here. nobody was buckling up. 26 years later, the first thing we do is buckle up. we have d.u.i. laws. .08, good enforcement. what we need on this campaign is not just ray lahood talking about it. we need good enforcement and people taking responsibility to have both eyes on the wheel and both eyes on the road. >> have you ever studied what's in the psyche of the american individual that feels that they are compelled to respond to an e-mail while driving? >> look, we just gotten in a very bad habits because we think we can use these. we're attached to these and we think we can use them. and you can't use them and drive safely. you just can't because you don't have both eyes on
i think we should use them. i've seen people using them at church, funerals, weddings. we've gotten into very, very dangerous behavior because we think we can use them behind a wheel of a car when we're driving. and it's just not safe. only 18 states passed laws. now 39 have passed laws. we're working on trying to get all 50 states to pass laws. we think it's when we started our seat belt campaign here. nobody was buckling up. 26 years later, the first thing we do is buckle up. we have d.u.i....
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you meant us to be. this is and always has been the heart of our nation. may you bless this congress with the wisdom, prudence, and understanding needed for generating the laws, ideals, and creativity to fulfill your heart felt desires for us, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve thsmed echair will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to section 4d of house resolution 5, 113th congress, section 1k2 of house resolution 895, 110th congress, i transmit to you notification that porter j. goss, david scags, yvonne burke, jay egan, karen english, ali
you meant us to be. this is and always has been the heart of our nation. may you bless this congress with the wisdom, prudence, and understanding needed for generating the laws, ideals, and creativity to fulfill your heart felt desires for us, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approve thsmed echair will lead us in the pledge of...
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even those who are attacking us o -- who are egging us on. they will not be in there with us. t is a bad choice. i don't think the president wants to do it. think he wants to avoid it. i'm sympathetic to his position but i wish some of our rhetoric was more careful because that could then be applicable in use by those who favor war as the to the meeting such a decision. -- who favor was as to egitimizing such a ecision. >> from the 1970's onward, the decision to invade kuwait then the u.n. sanctions that follow that in the effect it had on iraqi society made it all the more difficult for that society to move toward stability in the wake of the saddam hussein regime. i would blame al qaeda and iraq nd those who used masss murder as a principal tactic in the war. i would ask dr. zbigniew brzezinski to visit the cities in iraq that were rocked by these murderous attacks and ask them who they blame. hey blame the people who committed those murders. in 2005 when we went to a city where life was choked out of it because of a systematic attack by al qaeda, they turned that city into
even those who are attacking us o -- who are egging us on. they will not be in there with us. t is a bad choice. i don't think the president wants to do it. think he wants to avoid it. i'm sympathetic to his position but i wish some of our rhetoric was more careful because that could then be applicable in use by those who favor war as the to the meeting such a decision. -- who favor was as to egitimizing such a ecision. >> from the 1970's onward, the decision to invade kuwait then the...
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use? the prior instances that we ,ssessed with high confidence it is because of the overwhelming scope of this use, the amount of chemical weapons of thehe threat consequences when it comes to casualties that it is the president's view and the view of many others that this must be responded to. assad has to be held accountable. if you think other members of the international community in terms as being up our assistance to the. opposition, this case is far more egregious that anybody who has seen those videos can have them. -- fathom. -- took action on a much smaller scale to those other actions. >> you do not include would've been able to prevent this? >> we took appropriate action ionalin seeking congress ruble -- approval for action then. transferring syrian chemical weapons to save sites for them to be stored and destroyed. are responding to the is -- werehey were discussing the issue of the syrian weapons chemical -- chemical weapons stockpiles. the use of chemical weapons on civilian
use? the prior instances that we ,ssessed with high confidence it is because of the overwhelming scope of this use, the amount of chemical weapons of thehe threat consequences when it comes to casualties that it is the president's view and the view of many others that this must be responded to. assad has to be held accountable. if you think other members of the international community in terms as being up our assistance to the. opposition, this case is far more egregious that anybody who has...
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or were not used at all. i would like to report that the contractors responsible for this problem were held accountable, but that is not the case. instead, we seem to be finding time and time again, for some inexplicable reason, they still lead not been able to provide test vacation for, the defense department released the contractor from all further obligations under the contract, including all warranties to fix all the problems and they paid the contractor in full. i tell you this story not because i think the reconstruction efforts in afghanistan will rise or fall, succeed or fail on what happens with one army garrison based in one small province in afghanistan. the reason i'm telling you this story is because it is indicative of problems that we face and we find time and time again when we do audits and inspections in afghanistan. and the problems that we have found at kunduz are indicative of larger problems and indicative of core causes of the problems we have found in afghanistan. that is what i want t
or were not used at all. i would like to report that the contractors responsible for this problem were held accountable, but that is not the case. instead, we seem to be finding time and time again, for some inexplicable reason, they still lead not been able to provide test vacation for, the defense department released the contractor from all further obligations under the contract, including all warranties to fix all the problems and they paid the contractor in full. i tell you this story not...
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their friendship with us, they're working with us. it has more to do with those strategic interests and and whether or not israel and palestine will work out their difficulties. the final thing i would say is that, also on senator cornin's position, it is not just that. if you go back and look at statements of senator hagel, too often, particularly during the terrorism right after the attempt by the clinton administration to bring the palestinians and israel together, arafat walked away, and then began the terrorism campaign, there were too many times when senator hagel become and that suggested a moral equivalence between israel and the palestinians that this serves a number of people. host: senator hagel wrote about "leaving iraq honorably." he went on to say this. "we are destroying our structure, which took 30 years to build. we have been funding this were dishonestly, mainly through supplemental appropriations, which minimizes the congressional oversight and allows the administration to adopt tough questions in defending its poli
their friendship with us, they're working with us. it has more to do with those strategic interests and and whether or not israel and palestine will work out their difficulties. the final thing i would say is that, also on senator cornin's position, it is not just that. if you go back and look at statements of senator hagel, too often, particularly during the terrorism right after the attempt by the clinton administration to bring the palestinians and israel together, arafat walked away, and...
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alive and keeps us healthy and keeps us safe. the most important issue patient safety. hospitals are now wor add -- worried about productivity because they're not making enough money. they need more patients. so they're pushing patients on us trying to hurry up to do what we need to do to get them better so we can push them back out the door. but it's costing the patient -- it could cost the patient their life. patients are admitted, they're discharged before they should be so they're being readmitted which now insurance companies are saying if you are readmitted within 30 days then they're not going to pay for it. it's not covered. i'm a big patient advocate and i went to school to take care of my patients. to the best of my ability. anded health care is so bad with productivity it's all about numbers it's not about the patient. how can we get that one-on-one care and make you and your loved one feel special if everything is being taken away from us? we don't have the right drugs to cover the sick patients, to help the sick pati
alive and keeps us healthy and keeps us safe. the most important issue patient safety. hospitals are now wor add -- worried about productivity because they're not making enough money. they need more patients. so they're pushing patients on us trying to hurry up to do what we need to do to get them better so we can push them back out the door. but it's costing the patient -- it could cost the patient their life. patients are admitted, they're discharged before they should be so they're being...